PhD Book Club Our last book of the academic year is the memoir Educated, by Tara Westover.In Westover’s bestselling book, we find a journey from home-schooled, rural, Idaho to a PhD in History at Cambridge. The book navigates fundamentalist Mormon parenting, violence, and life-changing injury, along with the wonder, beauty, and personal cost of the truth about past and present. While Westover’s story is extraordinary, its themes – of the complexity of family belonging, the personal challenge of education, and the existential turmoil of new ideas – are universal.To borrow a copy of Educated for our May meet, please email Chaplaincy@ed.ac.uk. May 16 2025 15.30 - 16.45 PhD Book Club PhD Book Club meets 3:30-5pm on Fridays every six weeks, with Dr Kitty Wheater and Revd Dr Harriet Harris (both PhD veterans!). Open to all PhD students, we’ll read books that cast light on the trials, tribulations, and mundanities of PhD life, offering perspective and inspiration for the time ahead. Past books have included Educated, by Tara Westover, Night Waking, by Sarah Moss, and On Beauty, by Zadie Smith. To register for PhD Book Club, please email kitty.wheater@ed.ac.uk. Chaplaincy Centre 1 Bristo Place EH8 9AL Team Area
PhD Book Club Our last book of the academic year is the memoir Educated, by Tara Westover.In Westover’s bestselling book, we find a journey from home-schooled, rural, Idaho to a PhD in History at Cambridge. The book navigates fundamentalist Mormon parenting, violence, and life-changing injury, along with the wonder, beauty, and personal cost of the truth about past and present. While Westover’s story is extraordinary, its themes – of the complexity of family belonging, the personal challenge of education, and the existential turmoil of new ideas – are universal.To borrow a copy of Educated for our May meet, please email Chaplaincy@ed.ac.uk. May 16 2025 15.30 - 16.45 PhD Book Club PhD Book Club meets 3:30-5pm on Fridays every six weeks, with Dr Kitty Wheater and Revd Dr Harriet Harris (both PhD veterans!). Open to all PhD students, we’ll read books that cast light on the trials, tribulations, and mundanities of PhD life, offering perspective and inspiration for the time ahead. Past books have included Educated, by Tara Westover, Night Waking, by Sarah Moss, and On Beauty, by Zadie Smith. To register for PhD Book Club, please email kitty.wheater@ed.ac.uk. Chaplaincy Centre 1 Bristo Place EH8 9AL Team Area
May 16 2025 15.30 - 16.45 PhD Book Club PhD Book Club meets 3:30-5pm on Fridays every six weeks, with Dr Kitty Wheater and Revd Dr Harriet Harris (both PhD veterans!). Open to all PhD students, we’ll read books that cast light on the trials, tribulations, and mundanities of PhD life, offering perspective and inspiration for the time ahead. Past books have included Educated, by Tara Westover, Night Waking, by Sarah Moss, and On Beauty, by Zadie Smith. To register for PhD Book Club, please email kitty.wheater@ed.ac.uk.
